Why Study the Constitution? The American form of government has been the most successful among nations for the last 230 years. The Constitution has been a beacon to people around the world seeking freedom in their own countries. Yet, how many of us today are truly familiar with the document and principles that we [...]
How Words Can Cause Confusion and Inaction Words which people read and use which they have not clearly and accurately defined can cause confusion and inaction. I Can Prove This I can easily prove this to you with this simple exercise: Please take out a piece of scratch paper and a pen or pencil. Draw [...]
What Is Constitution Day? In 2004, the U.S. Congress passed a law designating September 17 as “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day” to commemorate the signing of our Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. This law instructed: each federal agency to provide educational materials concerning the Constitution to all employees every September 17, and [...]
Constitution Quotes from Thomas Jefferson (from Monticello.org) Extract from Thomas Jefferson to William Johnson Monticello, June 12, 1823. on every question of construction, carry ourselves back to the time when the constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, & instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, [...]
WHAT WOULD AMERICA BE LIKE IF EVERYONE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE U.S. CONSTITUTION? Some years ago, I was watching a presidential debate on TV and the three leading candidates each contradicted each other regarding a point in our U.S. Constitution. No one seemed to notice the discrepancy, including the moderator and candidates. I realized [...]
Congressional Power to Declare War While the U.S. Congress has issued Declarations of War in five wars over the past two hundred thirty six years, U.S. Presidents and the U.S Congress have authorized hundreds military operations and even “wars” without such Declarations of War by the U.S. Congress. What does the Constitution actually say? Article [...]
Pledge of Allegiance – Explained The below link gives a video of Red Skelton delivering and explaining the words to the Pledge of Allegiance. This is from The Red Skelton Show on CBS January 14, 1969. Red tells us that one of his teachers in school explained the Pledge of Allegiance this way so the [...]
The Powers of the President In the past couple of hundred years, the power exercised by the President has been in the news and has been controversial. For example in March of 2010, President Obama signed a presidential executive order a few hours before the health care bill was voted on in the House of [...]
End the Fed? In his book, End the Fed, Ron Paul argues that the Federal Reserve system, not money, is the root of all evil. He argues that the Fed causes all sorts of trouble, from wars to depressions to economic bubbles. This is in line with what Thomas Jefferson said about paper money leading [...]
Importance of Supreme Court Justices What’s at stake with a new Supreme Court Justice? What does it mean? What is going to happen? How does any of this affect me? To answer the question of what’s at stake, let’s take a long-ago historical example of how a changed Supreme Court changed the lives of all [...]
